Bead bracelet or earring and method of making same



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Application filed. April 15, 1922. Serial No. 553,277.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Cinemas H. SHER- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at North Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and Stateof Massachusetts, have in vented a new and useful Bead Bracelet orEarring and: lVlethod of Making Same, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel bead bracelet orearring having a novel arrangement of beads and presenting a novel andhighly ornamental appearance. It is further an object of my invention to,provide a novel method of making this bracelet and of fastening ittogether.

I attain these and other objects of my invention by the meansillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bracelet in use;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of 2.

Fig. l is an edge elevation of the bracelet.

Fig. 5 is a view of an earring made in accordance with my invention, inuse.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the wire and the metal bead into whichthe end of the wire is hooked in the process of making the bracelet.

Fig. 7 is a view of the device with the beads strung on the wire andshowing the method of hooking the wire into the metal bead 8.

Fig. 8 is a view of the earring showing the method of fastening ittogether;

Fig. 9 is a detail view of the double bracelet showing the connectinglink 6 constituting the final step in the method of making the bracelet;and

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail view of the means for securing thebracelet together by the hooked end.

Like numerals designate throughout the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide a plurality offlexible wire rings or strands 1 on which are strung a series ofsuitable beads 3 and 4, preferably disposed in alternate arrangement asillustrated. Wires 1 may be of any suitable tempered wire, either steel,German silver, or precious metal. Beads 3 are of either a diiferentcolor or a different size from beads 4- and may be of both differentcolor and diiterent size, thereby presenting a novel, striking likeparts and attractive bead bracelet uniform in character on the two ringsor strands, as shown. I may, however, use beads of uniform sizethroughout the strand it preferred.

In carrying out the method of making the bracelet, I ailix a metal head8 to one end of the wire strand 1. The metal bead 8 is provided with anopening 10. The beads are strung upon the wire in the desiredarrangement and hook 9 is then formed in the free end of the wire. Thetwo wires are then strung together by the connecting wires 5, shown inFig. 9. The last operation is to hook the hooks 9 on the endsof thewires into the openings 10 ot the end metal heads 8 and secure same bysolder 11.

I provide a suitable number, preferably four, connecting links 5, thelooped ends 6 of which engage the wire strands 1, and hold them in adefinite spaced relation. Each wire 5 ms a bead 7 surrounding it, asshown in the drawings.

What I claim is:

1. In a bead bracelet or earring, the combination of a plurality offlexible wire strands formed into rings, beads strung on the strands, aplurality of connecting wire links holding the rings in a definitespaced relation, and beads strung on said connecting wire links.

2. In a bead bracelet or earring. the combination of a flexible wirestrand, a metal head aiflxed to one end of said strand, the metal beadhaving an opening positioned opposite the portion of the bead which isaflixed to the end of the strand, beads of? other material strung on thestrand, a hook formed .in the other end of the strand, said hook beingengageable on the inner edge of the bead adjacent to the opening tosecure the bracelet or earring together.

. 3. The method of making a bead bracelet or earring consisting ofafflxing a flexible wire strand to a metal bead at one of oppositeopenings in said bead, threading a series of beads of other material onthe wire strand until it is full, forming a hook in the free end of thestrand, engaging said hook within the unincumbered opening oi the metalbead, and soldering the hook end of the strand to this metal head.

CHARLES H. SHERMAN.

